Published on February 27, 2008
in FreeBSD.
FreeBSD 7.0 is out!
Here’s an interesting article on Onlamp where Federico Biancuzzi interviews two dozen FreeBSD developers responsible for several of the new enhancements in the 7.0 Release.
I’m mostly proud to see a fellow Portuguese on that developer list, Rui Paulo which I’m lucky to know.
Published on February 27, 2008
in FreeBSD.
It seems our Spanish neighbors are preparing a BSDCon in Barcelona, on the 19th and 20th of April.
I’m waiting for some interesting presentations in order to decide if I’m going.
Low cost flights to Barcelona can’t be the excuse not to go 
I finally found an Energy Meter device! I saw one on a catalogue once at around 9€ but it was a one time promo, and I found it on the wrong week…
I bought mine at around 25€ on Aki.
I was curious of the power usage of some devices and got surprising results. You can find my incomplete list here but here are the perls:
- TVCabo Powerbox: when on 9W, when idle 9W. What’s the power button for again?
- (black)Creative 5.1 Speakers: when switched off 18W, when playing 23W. This ones have a remote volume button with a on/off switch ala old transistor radios. I’ve got some old (white) Creative 4.1 that have a power button on the subwoofer. Same story: with the power button off almost the same consumption as while playing.
- Asus v192S 19″ Wide. It’s a relatively new monitor. It’s stupid because when not active(no cable is connected or standy via pc) it enters standby mode (orange led) and 7W are used. When I press the (push) power button (led off) 7W are used.
Between 2 pairs of speakers, 1 monitor and my home pc, I’m now saving at least 50W just by turning them off at the plug instead of keeping them in standby!
I’d say those 25€ the power meter device cost me, will be recovered pretty fast…
I have accepted a new challenge: a job at CSO - Chief Security Officers
I actually started last week, but preparing to move to a new house is taking my free time.
ps: CSO is looking for someone (junior) with a Networking/Security profile. If you’re interested or know someone drop me a line.
